Bababoi Kitchen & Bar, Docklands
MELBOURNE | Bababoi Kitchen & Bar is a Malaysian Nyonya restaurant located in Docklands, overlooking the riverside. Presenting modern Nyonyan cuisine through indigenous ingredients and Chinese...
View ArticleFood Truck Park Pops Up On Collins Street
MELBOURNE | Melbourne’s The Food Truck Park is popping up on Collins Street in the middle of Melbourne’s CBD from 7 November 2016 and will be offering a daily rotation of tasty food during the week....
View ArticleMelbourne Music Week 2016
MELBOURNE | Melbourne Music Week returns for 2016 and this year’s event promises to be a good one, with over 100 local and international artists spanning all sorts of genres performing music and...
View ArticleMr Loy’s Puff, South Melbourne
MELBOURNE | Whenever we visit Singapore, one of the first things we do is head to one of our many favourite chicken rice place for a plate of the good stuff. When we want chicken rice in Melbourne,...
View ArticleHatts & Tatts, South Melbourne
MELBOURNE | As I walk through the entrance and into Hatts & Tatts I hear the sounds of Bon Jovi playing over the speakers while faced with a movie poster for Top Gun. To my left in this dimly lit...
View ArticleBouvier, Brunswick East
MELBOURNE | Brunswick East is in a constant state of flux these days. Our offices are in the area and we’ve been amazed at the changes occuring on Lygon Street every time we take a walk. Early last...
View ArticleShujinko, Melbourne
MELBOURNE | Shujinko originally opened as 24 hour ramen joint, Menya Sandaime before closing for a few weeks and re-opening with a wider focus. Walk inside and you feel like you’ve been transported...
View ArticleMade Possible By Melbourne
MELBOURNE | Did you know that Melbourne is leading the way in world-class research on a whole range of interesting topics? You can find out all about it at the University of Melbourne’s free public...
View ArticleFerdydurke, Melbourne
MELBOURNE | Ferdydurke, the bar not the 1937 novel by Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz, is one of those fantastic Melbourne laneway bars. Run by the same people behind Section 8 and B.East, Ferdydurke...
View ArticleManakish, Brunswick
MELBOURNE | Manakish is a delightful addition to the Sydney Road food scene in Brunswick with its minimalist approach to design very much in line with the aesthetics you see in the area’s eating and...
View ArticleClifton Hill Brewpub, Clifton Hill
MELBOURNE | Clifton Hill Brewpub has been around as a pub for over 100 years, but only since 2014, when the TAB machines and band room were pulled out, and the venue revamped, has it been home to a...
View ArticlePontoon St Kilda Beach, St Kilda
MELBOURNE | Pontoon St Kilda Beach is the second out of three venues to open within the new Stokehouse Precinct, following a devastating fire to their flagship restaurant in 2014. Pontoon is like the...
View ArticleThe Easy Way To Brew Pub-Quality Beer
This post was sponsored by BrewArt. Click here to read The City Lane’s policy on sponsored content. MELBOURNE | The City Lane was recently invited to the Melbourne launch of BrewArt, touted by its...
View ArticleHenry St Brewhouse, Kensington
MELBOURNE | Henry St Brewhouse is a bit of a local’s secret, hidden in the backstreets of the industrial part of Kensington. It’s the baby of owners/brewers (and fomer structural engineers) Zack...
View ArticleProviding Food For Families This Christmas
MELBOURNE | As Christmas approaches, we at The City Lane look forward to taking some time off and enjoying good food, drink and times with family and friends. We know that we are in a very lucky...
View ArticleDr. Morse, Abbotsford
MELBOURNE | Dr. Morse Abbotsford is a bar that somehow missed our radar when it first opened. We passed by earlier this year, and to our surprise discovered a bar full of good things that we didn’t...
View ArticleThe Worker’s Club, Fitzroy
MELBOURNE | The Worker’s Club has been through a few changes since it was the Rob Roy Hotel, all for the better. The pub offers a spacious main bar, side bar, band room and an outdoor courtyard. It’s...
View ArticleThe Palace Hotel, South Melbourne
MELBOURNE | The Palace Hotel South Melbourne is an old fashioned pub that doesn’t cause any fuss rather it just goes about its business getting all of the important things right. One of the most...
View ArticleBhoj, Docklands
MELBOURNE | Bhoj is a family-run restaurant specialising in authentic Indian cuisine, accompanied by breathtaking views of the harbour in Docklands. The venue looks and feels quite traditional with...
View ArticleGreat Australian Beer Festival (GABF) Is Back & Better In 2017
GEELONG | As 2017 approaches and festival season heats up, both figuratively and literally, it’s time to get ready for that beer festival with the awkward acronym that you just can’t stop saying....
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